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drotahorror
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^ Most of those are 4 and 5's to me. Original NOES and original Halloween belong there as well.
Right now in my backlog of recent 2025 movies to watch I have Together, Dangerous Animals, Presence, The Ugly Stepsister and of course I can't wait to see Weapons. Also really looking forward to GDT's Frankenstein. I'm sure there will be a few surprises for me this year as well. Still some 2024 movies to watch like MaDs and a couple others. I keep seeing people talking about MaDs so I'll watch it eventually.
EerieArcade
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Rewatched The Mortuary Collection the other night. Probably one of my favourites from the last few years. Also watched Ghost Stories for a second time, which I thought was decent.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
You got anything a little more substantive than "I wasn't feeling it" for Bring Her Back or nah? The monkey was trash.
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Nocty
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Finally around to my thoughts on Weapons;
Spoiler free, first. This is a movie about grief and loss, and how it spreads from the immediately effected to everyone around them and even strangers in many ways.
There is a ton of symbolism and it genuinely is full of small details, it reminded me of classics from the late 80s and early 90s.
The film is a certified modern classic comedy horror in my humble opinion. The humour is dark, done properly, but never quite becomes 'too comedy' which is the sweet spot of the genre. I would say it lies somewhere between Drag me to Hell and Hereditary. If you like slow building mystery movies with good plots unwinding, especially told from several perspectives, this is a gem and you will love it. If you go in expecting full dark horror with serious-all-the-time vibes, this one isn't for you. There are several scenes where I burst out laughing but at the same time, I was silenced by a brutal bit of horror / gore shortly after to remind me this is a very dark horror flick at heart.
Spoilers around the ending which I think is sadly the weakest part of the film.
Spoiler free, first. This is a movie about grief and loss, and how it spreads from the immediately effected to everyone around them and even strangers in many ways.
There is a ton of symbolism and it genuinely is full of small details, it reminded me of classics from the late 80s and early 90s.
The film is a certified modern classic comedy horror in my humble opinion. The humour is dark, done properly, but never quite becomes 'too comedy' which is the sweet spot of the genre. I would say it lies somewhere between Drag me to Hell and Hereditary. If you like slow building mystery movies with good plots unwinding, especially told from several perspectives, this is a gem and you will love it. If you go in expecting full dark horror with serious-all-the-time vibes, this one isn't for you. There are several scenes where I burst out laughing but at the same time, I was silenced by a brutal bit of horror / gore shortly after to remind me this is a very dark horror flick at heart.
Spoilers around the ending which I think is sadly the weakest part of the film.
I particularly liked the Gladdys character, she was evil yet comedic to the point of loveable. It's such a shame they did her dirty right at the end, making her seem weak and frail after doing such a good job of making her seem evil and powerful desppite her illnesss.
The themes of head trauma are very heavy in this film. Most all of the death scenes, someones head is being destroyed. It's because the director lost a friend of 20 years to a head trauma and decided to weave that and the grief of it through the theme of the film.
Marcus in the kitchen with the forehead smash was the best scene of the film, it went from chill to holy fuck at full acceleration from that point. I knew what I was in for as the audience went from laughing at Gladdys to holy fuck dead silence and gasp as Marcus caved in the face of his boyfriend on the kitchen floor. A certified horror classic scene right there.
I felt there were lots of great homages to other films in this. Blair witch kids chilling in the basement staring at the walls, before revealing the witch herself down there... the puke scene was ripped right off Drag me to Hell, etc. The soundtrack was very Ari Aster as well, which is great.
The themes of head trauma are very heavy in this film. Most all of the death scenes, someones head is being destroyed. It's because the director lost a friend of 20 years to a head trauma and decided to weave that and the grief of it through the theme of the film.
Marcus in the kitchen with the forehead smash was the best scene of the film, it went from chill to holy fuck at full acceleration from that point. I knew what I was in for as the audience went from laughing at Gladdys to holy fuck dead silence and gasp as Marcus caved in the face of his boyfriend on the kitchen floor. A certified horror classic scene right there.
I felt there were lots of great homages to other films in this. Blair witch kids chilling in the basement staring at the walls, before revealing the witch herself down there... the puke scene was ripped right off Drag me to Hell, etc. The soundtrack was very Ari Aster as well, which is great.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I can't wait for this movie but at the same time I'm not looking forward to it due to having a soft spot for dogs especially
clarky
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I can do extreme body horror and all kinds of weird shit but count me out if they hurt a dog.
I can't wait for this movie but at the same time I'm not looking forward to it due to having a soft spot for dogs especially
Trilobit
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I've never understood how some people have such a hard time seeing dogs die in movies, but are perfectly fine with people being slaughtered.
I can't wait for this movie but at the same time I'm not looking forward to it due to having a soft spot for dogs especially
Esca
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Because dogs are better than people
clarky
Gold Member
I take it you don't own a dog?
Marley and Me is the baseline for me crying my eyes out.
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Bring Her Back, to me, is about the 5 stages of grief and loss. Grief and loss is non linear and you can go through the stages in any order actually. You'll see in real life Acceptance as not the end, but Depression after Acceptance.
You're mileage may vary (and I picked Depression and Acceptance at random) but it isn't like everyone will go through the stages in exact order.
As a parent, she was suffering through the 5 stages and if you take a look at how it plays out, she was on the extreme end of denial
You're mileage may vary (and I picked Depression and Acceptance at random) but it isn't like everyone will go through the stages in exact order.
As a parent, she was suffering through the 5 stages and if you take a look at how it plays out, she was on the extreme end of denial
And if you say the same thing about Bring Her Back...
She wasn't think that far ahead. She was thinking of her immediate nees to bring her back and fill the hole in her life at any cost.
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Trilobit
Absolutely Cozy
I mean, I was sad when my sister's dogs died, but a fictional dog isn't them. And I've had close human beings who died, but that doesn't mean I weep everytime someone dies on screen.
There's nothing wrong with people being uncomfortable with an animal dying, but I think it's a bit weird, especially as they don't react that way with humans dying.